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2018 Penfolds "Bin 389" Cabernet Sauvignon-Shiraz South Australia

2018 Penfolds "Bin 389" Cabernet Sauvignon-Shiraz South Australia

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James Suckling

Review Date: 07/2020

A blend of 57% Cabernet Sauvignon and 43% Shiraz, this has a very impressively complete feel, a hallmark of the 2018 vintage wines, and there’s a myriad of characters with cabernet’s cedary and gently herbal notes sitting atop a core of rich red-plum and dark-berry Shiraz fruit aromas. So integrated. The palate has a very silky texture, so plush and polished with a wealth of rich and intense dark-plum, dark-berry and blackcurrant flavors. The oak is completely soaked with ripe, fresh fruit. This is a great Bin 389. *Top 100 Wines of Australia 2020*

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Professional Reviews

96

Bob Campbell

Review Date: 07/2020
Very deep, dark red colour with a good tint of purple. The bouquet is sweetly super-ripe with loads of blackberry jam and fruit sweetness, the palate likewise sumptuously deep in fruit with oak keeping very much in the background. The flavour fills the mouth superbly and continues long into the aftertaste, harmonised by lashings of soft, ripe tannins. There are definite notes of cassis and herb from the cabernet component and the oak contributes a subtle trace of charred timber that complements the fruit. Sumptuous fruit sweetness. A ripping wine that seems to be less oak-marked than this wine traditionally is. (HH)

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Decanter

Review Date: 07/2020
Confident Cabernet (57%) leads this high-spirited, swirling dance, as a breezy wisp of blue and black berries waft over the earthy bulk of sturdy Shiraz. It’s a clever trick for such bright fruit to be contained by tannins in an interlocked embrace, without smothering the obvious exuberance of this marriage. Supple and nimble, it keeps shifting and changing in the glass. A truly beautiful blend. (DS)

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James Halliday

Review Date: 08/2020
This '20 release marks the 60th anniversary of Bin 389. It is a 57/43% blend from McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley, Padthaway, Coonawarra, Robe and Wrattonbully, matured in American hogsheads (38% new). A perennial favorite of mine, though the price does cause me to blink. It has great color, and a supple mouthfeel that invests the wine with a hint of elegance, underlined by the fluid, flawless balance, the length a given. (JH)
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Staff Reviews

Thomas Smith
Review Date: 12/2021
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Penfolds has really hit it out of the park with the 2018 vintage of the 389. For those who don’t know, the 389 is the Penfolds “Baby Grange”, styled on the Penfolds Grange, Australia’s most iconic wine. The 389 is the same blend of Cabernet and Shiraz from the same fruit sources, and aged the same barrels as the Grange; an outstanding deal when the Penfolds Grange typically sells for $600+. Further, the 2018 won huge accolades from wine critics, with Decanter giving it the same score as 2017 Grange! With a rich aromatic profile of cedar, pencil shavings and blue fruits underscored by vanilla and baking spices, the nose here is classic Penfolds. The palate follows up with powerful, spicy fruit and off-the charts concentration and density. The tannins are fine with an incredibly silky mouthfeel and a finish that goes on and on, leaving blueberry fruits and spice resonating on the palate. This is a stone-cold Australian classic that delivers big in a great vintage… and at a price you won’t see anywhere else.

Notes

One of Australia’s best wines, made by Australia’s most iconic producer. Known as “Baby Grange,” the Bin 389 is sourced from the same vineyards and aged in the same barrels as Australia’s most celebrated wine. An absolute classic that over-delivers every time.

Product Details

Origin: South Australia, Australia

Type/Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon and Blends

Alcohol Content: 14.5%

SKU: #1497364